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back
Preposition
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Toward the rear.
He went back behind the stands.
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To a place again.
I didn't like it, so I sent it back.
He went back to the same house.
They came back again.
back
Noun
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The back is the rear part of something; it is the part in the other direction from the front.
I went to the back of the house.
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The back is the rear part of the human body.
He had a scar on his back.
back
Verb
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If you back something, you support it.
The Republicans backed the bill.
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If you back up, you move backward.
He put the car in gear and backed right into the garage door.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
forth
Preposition
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outward; forward
Bring forth the child into the world.
transfer
Verb
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If you transfer (something), you move (it) to a different place.
After he became the top salesman he was transferred to the head office.
If you learn to be organized in the classroom, then you can transfer that skill to your career later on.
We dug up the tree and transferred it to the front of the house.
transfer
Noun
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A transfer is the act of transferring something from one form to another.
International trades involve the transfer of currency from one country to another.
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A transfer is the act of moving something from one location to another.
You will get a transfer at the third stop.